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#@@%$/~¨¨¨ Or  Balconies,  We   Have  Built   Large ¨¨¨~/$%@@#
##@@%$/~¨¨ Antennas  For Larger  Bandwith, We  Have ¨¨~/$%@@##
###@@%$/~¨     Build Specialized Antennaes For      ¨~/$%@@###
##@@%$/~¨¨   Specific Wavelengths (And Sent Them    ¨¨~/$%@@##
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%$/~¨¨¨¨¨¨          Dish As Large As Earth.         ¨¨¨¨¨¨~/$%
$/~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~/$
%$/~¨¨¨¨¨¨ We'Ve Learned About Our  Position In The ¨¨¨¨¨¨~/$%
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#@@%$/~¨¨¨ Galaxys Placement In The  Local Cluster, ¨¨¨~/$%@@#
##@@%$/~¨¨ And ~Our~  Local  Clusters Place  In The ¨¨~/$%@@##
###@@%$/~¨          Grand Scheme Of Things          ¨~/$%@@###
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#@@%$/~¨¨¨ And  We'Re  Moving  Around  The  Sun  At ¨¨¨~/$%@@#
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@%$/~¨¨¨¨¨ Center Of  The  Galaxy  At  Velocity And ¨¨¨¨¨~/$%@
%$/~¨¨¨¨¨¨ The Galaxy  Is  Moving  Toward Andromeda ¨¨¨¨¨¨~/$%
$/~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨   And We'Re Both Moving Anticlockwise    ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~/$
%$/~¨¨¨¨¨¨ Around  The Galaxy. And We As  A Species ¨¨¨¨¨¨~/$%
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#@@%$/~¨¨¨ And Despite  All This, Despite  All  Our ¨¨¨~/$%@@#
##@@%$/~¨¨   (Cliche) Beaming Of Fucking Stellar    ¨¨~/$%@@##
###@@%$/~¨ Radio Programmes  Out  In Fucking  Space ¨~/$%@@###
##@@%$/~¨¨ At The  Speed  Of  Light (Light  Is  Our ¨¨~/$%@@##
#@@%$/~¨¨¨ Medium! Goodspeed You, Black Emperor!),  ¨¨¨~/$%@@#
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@%$/~¨¨¨¨¨     Collective Consciousness Lowpass     ¨¨¨¨¨~/$%@
%$/~¨¨¨¨¨¨   Filtering, Despite Our Very Obvious    ¨¨¨¨¨¨~/$%
$/~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Beaming Of  All  Our  Secrets  In  Every ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~/$
%$/~¨¨¨¨¨¨          Direction Known To Us,          ¨¨¨¨¨¨~/$%
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%$/~¨¨¨¨¨¨ Most  Opponents  To Intelligent Life  In ¨¨¨¨¨¨~/$%
$/~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ The  Universe  Say It'S Because You Need ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~/$
%$/~¨¨¨¨¨¨ A Class One-Or-The-Other  Star  And  The ¨¨¨¨¨¨~/$%
@%$/~¨¨¨¨¨ Planet  Needs  To  Be  At  A  See-And-So ¨¨¨¨¨~/$%@
@@%$/~¨¨¨¨ Distance Away  From The Star (Like There ¨¨¨¨~/$%@@
#@@%$/~¨¨¨           Has To Be A Planet!)           ¨¨¨~/$%@@#
##@@%$/~¨¨                                          ¨¨~/$%@@##
###@@%$/~¨ But  Really   Isn'T  That   Keeping  The ¨~/$%@@###
##@@%$/~¨¨      Definition Of Life Really Lax?      ¨¨~/$%@@##
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%$/~¨¨¨¨¨¨                  Shows)                  ¨¨¨¨¨¨~/$%
$/~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~/$
%$/~¨¨¨¨¨¨             #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨#             ¨¨¨¨¨¨~/$%
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##@@%$/~¨¨ I'M Gonna Go  Smoke  My  Third Cigarette ¨¨~/$%@@##
###@@%$/~¨ This Year  And Try  To Snatch Some Beers ¨~/$%@@###
##@@%$/~¨¨        From The Local Beer Thing         ¨¨~/$%@@##
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